Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension strategies are embedded in every curriculum unit.

Some of them are printed and given to students as we read as a visual aid. Here are a few for review:

Strategies Visual

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Key Shifts in Common Core ELA Standards

1. Regular practice with complex texts and their academic language

2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from texts, both literary and informational

3. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction